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Review on πŸ–₯️ SilverStone SST-GD05B-3.0-USA USB 3.0 Aluminum/Steel Micro ATX HTPC Case - Black (GD05B-3.0-USA) by Kent Kings

Revainrating 3 out of 5

A few disappointments

Beautiful mATX case. However, there are some issues I'd like to share: 1) The hard drive mount is a joke. I couldn't figure out how to install a 2.5" SSD and a 3.5" HD from the instructions. It was very frustrating. I had to screw the SSD upside down onto the bracket, but installed a 3.5" HDD underneath. However, the SATA and drive power cables were very, very close to the case. Silver Stone should work much better. on the drive bracket.2) The The included 120mm fans are 3-wire. My motherboard prefers 4-wire. 3-pin fans are voltage controlled and the RPM range is small. I installed 120mm Noctura fans (4-pin) and they work great and are very quiet. The fact that I installed the sea sonic 24 pin modular mobo cable is very stiff, I think with a little thought I can clean the cables up, hard to see up close, adding another LED on Case solves this problem Good luck Edit: Expansion cards should be full height My GPU is unremarkable, in this case it just doesn't work The integrated graphics on my motherboard (gigabytes) rich t for my needs since I don't use intense graphics. I'm pretty sure the specs state the height of the expansion card, but I probably overlooked that.

Pros
  • Incredible 325mm depth, fits comfortably in a home theater case
Cons
  • Out of fashion